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Unofficial Logo Deletion Request

Unofficial Logo Deletion Request The logo at the address below has been retired and should be deleted immediately to prevent incorrect logo use. (https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosya:In%C3%B6n%C3%BC_%C3%BCniversitesi_logo.gif) UFUKLIVE (talk) 08:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: Hi, and welcome. We don't delete historical logos like File:Inönü üniversitesi logo.gif, we keep them for use in historical logo sections of Wikipedia articles. Please use internal links and upload a replacement or replacements for use in such sections and current infoboxes in such articles, and link them together via "other_versions". If you can't upload such replacements, please at least link them in the descriptions or upload to Wikipedias like English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Hi Jeff, Thank you for your detailed information. The reason for our request to remove this old unofficial logo is to prevent people from making the mistake of still using this unofficial and outdated logo from Google searches. The deletion of this unofficial logo, which is not included in İnönü University's Corporate Identity Guide, is a very sensitive issue for the İnönü University. Please respond positively to this humble request and remove this old logo from your systems.

Yours sincerely, UFUKLIVE (talk) 06:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: I'm sorry, but this absolutely will not happen. This is like if someone asked a newspaper to remove a news story from its archives because it no longer reflected the current situations. Commons is a media repository associated with encyclopedias. Things that are of historical interest are just as important as things that are current. - Jmabel ! talk 21:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: Was it ever official? If not, how could it be retired? Where may we find the official one? Are you willing to make that free enough for COM:L?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Dear Jeff, thank you for your significant support and interest in the matter. For the correct use of the Corporate Logo of İnönü University, you can see this page with edu.tr extension (https://www.inonu.edu.tr/kurumsal/menu/24803/ana-logolar). Removing the current outdated logo, which is old and now incorrect to use nowadays, will promote the use of the current and correct logo of İnönü University. If you continue not to remove this old logo from the system, people will continue to use this outdated and unofficial logo as a result of their google searches. Our humble request is that people are directed to the correct and up-to-date logo that is corporate (https://www.inonu.edu.tr/kurumsal/menu/24803/ana-logolar). UFUKLIVE (talk) 07:43, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: You didn't answer three of my four questions. See also my reply at Commons talk:Abuse filter#Report by UFUKLIVE.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 12:13, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Hi Jeff, Please see my following responses (1) Yes, it was official between 1975 and 2010. (2) We are not requesting to retire it, we are requesting to remove this outdated logo from your system, otherwise people are still using this outdated and unofficial logo, which damages the corporate image. (3) The official one can be found at the following address of the organisation (https://www.inonu.edu.tr/kurumsal/menu/24803/ana-logolar). (4) I'm not experienced in the use of Wikipedia, I don't know what COM:L stands for, all I'm asking is to remove this outdated logo from the system, that's all. UFUKLIVE (talk) 12:54, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: I intended for you to please click the link COM:L. Calling the logo "Unofficial" is disingenuous.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:12, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I don’t think that’s fair; I’d chalk it up to a language issue. @UFUKLIVE: would renaming the file to “Inönü üniversitesi logo 1975-2010” satisfy your concerns? That would make its obsolescence more obvious to people who may not read the description. (I’ll go ahead and put it in Obsolete logos now anyway: a less prominent indication but may also reduce the likelihood of misuse.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:16, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479 Thank you Odysseus, the renaming of the logo as 1975-2010 does not help to solve our current problem, because our case is that the google search for "inönü üniversitesi logo" directly shows this image as a priority, and our demand is to prevent people from using the wrong logo and to strengthen the image of the institution by restricting the access of this image at least. We respect the past, but unfortunately, people are still accessing and using this unofficial and outdated logo that has lost its official characteristic as a result of google searches. This causes an undesirable problem for the institution. Best regards, UFUKLIVE (talk) 08:40, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

On Turkish Wikipedia, that Fair Use policy is at tr:VP:AK.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:20, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Copyright problems

I'm unsure about the first two lines that I am going to add in a second. Can someone just quickly check it out?

Here:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parrot_standard.png Z80Spectrum (talk) 17:51, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Yann: I'm confused by your subsequent edit. Yes the original upload has a source (which I've clarified with subsequent edits, because it wasn't actually indicated what it derived from), but I don't see any source for the later upload. - Jmabel ! talk 18:59, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: It is explained in the description: A rendering of Image:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg on the ZX Spectrum standard display. To me, this means the uploader made a screenshot of a File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg displayed on a ZX Spectrum. Yann (talk) 19:15, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Yann: so you are saying that would apply both to the original image here and he one uploaded over it?

@4throck: you're the one who uploaded over someone else's image here. Can you explain what's going on? - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I added colorbars to the parrot image, as they help illustrate aspects discussed in the article ZX Spectrum graphic modes. The original color bars (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RGB_24bits_palette_color_test_chart.png) were already used for similar purposes (ilustrate computer palettes) and are public domain.

As far as I'm concerned, these parrot images are not artistic, creative or original. They are simple illustrations of technical limitations of specific computers.

What's going on is that user Z80Spectrum, probably frustrated by his contributions to the ZX Spectrum graphic modes article being Original Research, is now going over article images and raising these kind of issues. 4throck (talk) 22:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

You didn't explain why you still refuse to upload the source image to Commons (currently on a third-party website), and to clearly state that you are the author of the modified gradients. Are you the author of the modified gradients? Z80Spectrum (talk) 00:04, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

(sorry to interject) Apparently, he made a "screenshot", but of another file: image on a third-party website Z80Spectrum (talk) 19:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes. IMO the right part doesn't have a copyright. It is a standard gradient of colors. Yann (talk) 19:32, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I would like the gradients discussed by an copyright expert. In my opinion, there is substantial work required to produce those gradients, such that they match perfectly with the the ZX Spectrum color-cells. Z80Spectrum (talk) 19:40, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

The amount of work doesn't matter to determine a copyright. It is the originality and/or creativity. Yann (talk) 19:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

It might be original and creative to fit the gradient bars to exactly match the ZX Spectrum color-cells. But, I'm no expert on the matter. I would like an opinion of the expert. The composed image in question is a very good test image, much better than any of its components alone. Z80Spectrum (talk) 20:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Source image / copyright confusion

The uploader of | this image claims it is "own work".

However, the actual source image appears to be this one: | source image.

Apparently, the source image is not uploaded to Commons. I have complained on the image discussion page, and to the uploader.

What else should I do? What template is appropriate for this situation? Z80Spectrum (talk) 18:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Do note File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 19:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

That is only half of the image. The second half (modified gradients) is more problematic. Z80Spectrum (talk) 19:08, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Audio reread of SiIvaGunner article; requesting to overwrite old audio file

Hey there, I have just reread the articled SiIvaGunner and would like to have my version published.m However, as I created a Wikimedia Commons account for this purpose, my account is too new to do so. Can someone please review my submission and update the file if it passes? Thank you! Nuiikid (talk) 20:19, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Nuiikid: May I assume you are talking about File:En-SiIvaGunner-article-Reread.ogg and asking someone decide whether it is an improvement over File:En-SiIvaGunner-article.ogg? (If so, you really could have linked those yourself instead of leaving someone else to reconstruct what you are talking about.) - Jmabel ! talk 21:02, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I absolutely forgot to link my files! that's a big misstep on my part. But yes, that is correct. Nuiikid (talk) 21:30, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

At a quick listen, I wouldn't say either of these is particularly better or worse than the other. As with images, we can host two versions of something. I don't see any good reason to have one of these overwrite the other (and the descriptions of who is being heard would remain different in any case).

Speaking of the descriptions of who is being heard, I am a bit surprised/confused and hope you won't take offense, but the voice that is described as being "female" at File:En-SiIvaGunner-article.ogg sounds more typically male than the voice that is described as "male" at File:En-SiIvaGunner-article-Reread.ogg. Normally, I would never raise any question about gender on something like this, but I raise it because this is with reference to an article about audio pranking. - Jmabel ! talk 20:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey there, I believe the person who first read the article was a transgender female, while I am a male that has not gone through puberty yet. Sory for the confusion, I just believed a reread would be needed as the article and its information have grown. Nuiikid (talk) 13:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I want to upload my original research paper, but it won't let me?

Hi, I want to upload my original research paper, but it won't let me? Antonio M. Lax (talk) 23:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• More information, please. To start with, why do you think your research paper would be in scope for Wikimedia Commons? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:36, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Possibly mislabelled photo?

Hi, a non-Wikipedian has questioned whether one of the photos on Wikimedia Commons is mislabelled to the wrong individual. The photo is this one: File:Lt. Alexander Dunn VC, 11th Hussars 1854.jpg However, on the Talk page for the article on Dunn, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alexander_Roberts_Dunn, it's been suggested that the photo is actually of Col. John Douglas, commander of the 11th Hussars. Both Douglas and Dunn were with the British Army at the charge of the Light Brigade, so there may be some confusion. Could someone take a look at this? I don't have the historical background to make a call on it. Thanks! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi, The source website for the file describes this image as a portrait of Douglas and there are other images described as portraits of Dunn. -- Asclepias (talk) 03:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

@Asclepias: What is stopping you from renaming File:Lt. Alexander Dunn VC, 11th Hussars 1854.jpg?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 14:23, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Pregunta

Buenas, una pregunta que pasaría si la Bandera y Escudo de Armas (general) no tiene marca registrada, es posible que Wikimedia lo acepta?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 17:54, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Para Commons, marca registrada no tiene mucha importancia. Si una imagen tiene una marca registrada, lo indicamos con {{Trademarked}}. Lo que importa es derechs del autor (copyright). - Jmabel ! talk 20:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Deletion Request since 20.01., did i something wrong?

Hi, i need maybe help.. i nominate a file for deletion, because of own personal Metadata on the file. I replaced the file in the article with a picture without Metadate. Now iam waiting of deletion of this file, but nothing happens since 8 Day´s. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schirmm%C3%BCtze_Heer.jpg) FrankGrau (talk) 21:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

• @FrankGrau: Barring unusual circumstances, seven days would be the minimum for a DR. A month or two is more typical. Is there an emergency here, and if so why? - Jmabel ! talk 22:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
• Also, your explanation of why you want it deleted is extremely unclear. You say you "changed it for" something else (I presume another image) but don't indicate what that image is. Nor do you explain what "metadates" (presumably "metadata") here is problematic.
• If it is easier for you to write clearly in German than in English, feel free to use German. But explain on the DR, not here. I'm not at all surprised that a DR with an unclear rationale has not moved forward. - Jmabel ! talk 22:39, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks for your help! It works. FrankGrau (talk) 09:38, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

How to delete duplicate Commons category?

Hello, I just noticed that the category Garou (singer) has a duplicate on Commons, and I would like to remove one of them (one contains fewer images). You can see both here: [1]. Please help me sort this out, thanks! Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 12:25, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku: For me, that search returns Garou (singer) (a gallery), Category:Garou (singer) (a category), and Category:Garou (a disambiguation category). So either someone has already solved the problem or you're confusing galleries and categories. The gallery at Garou (singer) is meant to contain a curated selection of images of Garou, while the category at Category:Garou (singer) should contain all the images. See Commons:Galleries for more information about galleries. --bjh21 (talk) 12:45, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@bjh21, ah yes, that's exactly what I've done. Thanks for clearing it up! Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 13:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

How to determine whether Youtube Video is CC-BY or not?

Hello, I think I need some help. I just noticed that not all youtube videos are CC-BY (Originally I thought all are CC-BY). Is there any smart method for determining that? Thanks a lot XDXD EleniXDD (talk) 13:44, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@EleniXDD: Hello, Most videos on YouTube are not licensed CC. Look below the description box on the page of the video. If the video is tagged with the YouTube tag for the CC BY license, that's where it is. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:01, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Is it the filter Creative Commons during searching? Thanks a lot XDXD Like for example, I searched with the filter CC, but in the description box there's no CC tag. So is it CC or not? EleniXDD (talk) 14:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose that the filter "Creative Commons" on YouTube searches videos with that CC BY license tag. When you go to the specific page of a video, the license tag is not in the description box, it is under it, between the description box and the comments section. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:34, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Icic, thanks a lot for the constructive advice and tutorial ! XDXD EleniXDD (talk) 14:43, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Custom made folk instrument

Hello. I purchased a custom made folk instrument. Can I upload it's photo without the instrument builder's permission? Thanks Grzegorz Szaliński (talk) 14:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@TazGPL: The answer is almost certainly yes; there are few circumstances in which a photograph of a musical instrument can raise copyright issues. - Jmabel ! talk 01:25, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks. I had doubts because of this regulation: Commons:Licensing#Scope_of_licensing. So I understand, that a musical instrument is normally not considered "artwork". Grzegorz Szaliński (talk) 08:06, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@TazGPL: correct. But there are some that would be considered artwork, and I can't see what you've got. For example, the wind sculpture at the Sound Garden in Seattle, could arguably be said to be a sculpture that is only incidentally a musical instrument. Or, I could imagine that a sufficiently decorated didgeridoo might be considered a work of art that is only incidentally a playable instrument. But the worst that happens if you upload is someone goes "too far into artwork territory, so we have to delete it." No harm, no foul. - Jmabel ! talk 08:19, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Some countries do have copyright for “artistic craftsmanship” on utilitarian objects whose design or decoration has sufficient aesthetic quality independent of functional considerations. So a particularly ornate or ‘high concept’ instrument originating from such a jurisdiction might be protected, but even then it would be something of a judgment call based on the particulars of the case.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479 @Jmabel Thanks! Now I get it. Grzegorz Szaliński (talk) 15:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Table updated but last row will need to be removed

Apologies. But I am way out of my depth here. All I know is that the table below, which I reference in Google Sheets, is incorrect.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data:Men%27s_World_Rugby_rankings.tab

As there is no international men's rugby happening over Dec/Jan period, the rankings remain static for several weeks. They are published each Monday by World Rugby. So, it looks like someone has pushed out multiple weeks/rows to the table in one go as no changes will be happening. The problem is however, on 5 Feb 2024 - the last row in the table - this data could change as there are 7 matches taking place across 2 & 3 Feb. So, simplistically, the editor has jumped the gun by adding one more row for the "fallow" period than was required. It should have stopped at the 29 Jan row and not 5 Feb.

So, is there anyway I can alert the user of this error? As I say, I'm pretty overwhelmed by this interface and have no real idea as to how to effect a change myself. Thanks. Cardleshaw (talk) 14:41, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Bowwow: , I gather this is mostly your work. - Jmabel ! talk 01:26, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about that, and now have fixed. Bowwow (talk) 02:27, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Overwrite protected file

I've requested to overwrite File:Symbol_stub_class.svg, but later found out it has been protected. Where or how can I request someone to overwrite a protected file? Cookai🍪 _(💬talk) 17:29, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Cookai1205: I think you want Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections. --bjh21 (talk) 19:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Help wanted with two crops of a "Doors" band pic yielding two single pics of Jim Morrison

About an hour ago I realized that I did not like the image of Jim Morrison in the en-article. Looking in the Commons cat, I found that there is no better pic, but a quite decent one of the whole group named File:The Doors 1968.JPG. After happily doing two crops File:Jim Morrison 1968, from a promotion picture with The Doors.jpg and File:Jim Morrison 1968, from a promotion picture with The Doors, V2.jpg, I got an equally decent fit of rage when adapting the image descriptions of the produced files - reason: I realized that while the source file image has "1968" in the title, and the categories are like that as well, the image description of the source file speaks of "taken in 1966" and then something like "earliest day stamp 1968". Now this is what I call a bloody mess. I do not want to make things worse by any quick "solutions", as I honestly do not understand these contradictions named above. Any advice? Please feel free to do whatever seems fit to remedy this, I personally first need to get my heart rate down for the next two hours ;-) Pittigrilli (talk) 20:50, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Pittigrilli: I think what's happened here is that the original uploader only knew what was actually on the print, which was a series of date stamps of which the earliest said "JUN 2 1968". You can see these in the oldest revision of the file. In November last year, Carlinal added the mentions of 1966 in a minor edit, but didn't change anything else.

My guess is that whatever the date stamps indicate, it's not when the picture was taken, so until November last year all we knew was that the photo was taken in 1968 or earlier. So that's not inconsistent with Carlinal's claim that it was actually taken in 1966. Getty claim "circa 1970"[2], which is no help.

Personally, I think I'd leave things as they are (now that I've repaired the {{Information}} template). As a filemover (albeit a mostly inactive one), I don't think there's strong enough evidence to justify renaming the original under criterion 3 (obvious error), and if the original continues to have "1968" in the name then the derivatives may as well say that too. I suppose there's something to be said for renaming the crops to not mention the year at all so that they definitely won't need renaming later, but I don't think that's necessary. --bjh21 (talk) 23:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

As mentioned in the discussion page of the file, it is one of many photos by photographer Joel Brodsky [3]. Apparently in 1967. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thank you very much for the clarification effort. I am moderately satisfied ;-) Now my approach is this: If we leave the three files as is, for the next 10 to 200 years (who knows?), every single day somebody will recognize this and think "WTF?". Positively. Why not write a short comment summarizing the problem into the file description? Maybe "The different values for the production date of the image (from 1966 to 1968) result from the fact that the original date the picture was taken is not precisely known. Most likely seems 1967 (see homepage of photographer Joel Brodsky [4])", or the like. What do you think? Pittigrilli (talk) 10:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Credit Joel Brodsky as the author and date the creation from 1967. There is no apparent reason to doubt the 1967 date, which seems the consensus on the websites that speak of it (e.g. context, uncropped version). Joel Brodsky opened his studio in 1967 and the photo was published in 1967. However, the APA cropped version might have been published later, if that's worth mentioning. The 1966 date was inserted by one user on Commons and Wikipedia. Either that user knows something that most people don't, which is always possible, or, more likely, the user confused the 1967 Joel Brodsky photos with the 1966 Guy Webster photos. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:33, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

We are in agreeance (I am a fellow of the extinct word society...). So why not also rename all three files to have "1967" in the title? Pittigrilli (talk) 13:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

They can be renamed. Are you still satisfied with the rest of the names of your two files and you want only to replace 1968 with 1967? -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes I am. Year would suffice for me. Pittigrilli (talk) 15:34, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Rename done for your two files. (Leaving the other file for suggestions. Might be something like "File:The Doors 1967.jpg" or "File:The Doors, 1967, by Joel Brodsky.jpg" or "File:The Doors, 1967, by Joel Brodsky (cropped version).jpg"). -- Asclepias (talk) 16:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Cool. I changed the year and authorship and categories in the meantime. For the original, I would propose "File:The Doors, 1967, promotional photo by Joel Brodsky.jpg". Pittigrilli (talk) 16:48, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

And BTW, the cropped version is now already integrated in the English article Jim Morrison. Pittigrilli (talk) 18:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Also BTW, File:Helix, v.2, no.4, Nov. 2, 1967 - DPLA - 8ee4a55a3e595a9cb63ce1ae57bcc5d3 (page 6).jpg is a dated publication of this in the November 2, 1967 issue of the Seattle underground paper Helix. Jmabel ! talk 01:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Underground newspaper? Hippie movement? I begin to even more like this pic ;-) So these US copyright complications always gave me headaches. I already saw that User:Asclepias dug out that this picture was the sleeve cover of the single "Light my Fire", but does that somehow change the copyright status for us? (10 minutes later: I think I found it myself. As the paper ad does not have a copyright notice either, this makes the image even more (just kidding) in PD, right? Pittigrilli (talk) 08:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

It's very clear that they were unconcerned with copyrighting it, since they weren't putting a copyright notice on the ad, which clearly comes from A&M. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Como inserir arquivo ?

Upload Darksolar666 (talk) 03:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Darksolar666: ¿Inserir cual arquivo, donde? - Jmabel ! talk 03:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Estou precisando anexar uma imagem a uma página.Como faço upload? Darksolar666 (talk) 13:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

(Supongo que el español sería más fácil para un hablante de portugués que el inglés, y yo no puedo escribir en portugués.) Para subir un imagen a Commons, utilice Special:UploadWizard. Luego, para usar el imagen en Wikipedia, la sintaxis más sencilla es [[File:NOMBRE DE FICHA.EXT|thumb|LEYENDA]], pero hay muchas otras posibilidades; vea pt:Ajuda:Guia de edição/Como usar imagens. - Jmabel ! talk 20:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

海外wikiの画像のアップロード

海外版wikipediaで使用されている画像をアップロードすることは可能ですか？ 洲松 (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@洲松: only if they are freely licensed or in the public domain. Some wikis host non-free content under certain conditions, such as “fair use”, that are not acceptable here.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Using the image

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Map_of_the_Gupta_Empire.png Hello, I'm a college student who needs to use this image for a documentary project, can I know if this is copyright free or not? 223.236.120.243 06:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Map of the Gupta Empire.png. Yes, it appears to be copyrighted (and free-licensed). The page offers two different licenses. I would recommend that if you want to reproduce it, follow the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, because GFDL is very cumbersome. The license requires attribution, but the page is not at all clear who it should be attributed to. I'd say you are probably OK attributing to Commons user पाटलिपुत्र, but it might be simpler to provide a URL of the page (not the page of just the image itself: the one that you get when you click on the convenience link I provided). - Jmabel ! talk 07:52, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

See also COM:REUSE. There is software to help with the credit: the “Attribution Generator” is linked on that page, and for scholarly purposes try the “Cite this page” link under “Tools” in the left margin of the file page Jmabel linked above (but note the latter cites do not include the license & attribution per se, which are necessary in this case).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

how to upload and change the existing logo

How do I change the logo Eyalgottfried (talk) 11:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Do you mean here at commons is the image of a logo and you want to upload a new depiction of the logo? You can upload that file like any other file. Just use a new name. If this logo is used in an article in one of the wikipedias you can change the use with your new upload there provided you follow the rules of that wikipdia.

If you mean anything different, you will need to explain what you mean? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 13:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Porsche 928 Jurinek

Unter Porsche 928 ist mein Fahrzeug, Jurinek Cabrio abgebildet. Leider ist nur ein allgemein gehaltener Begleittext als Bilderklärung angefügt. Dieser Text ist fachlich unrichtig. Es gab nicht viele Cabrio-Hersteller die einen Porsche 928 gebaut haben. Das Werk hat auf der Basis eine U.S. - Exportmodells ein Exemplar gebaut (steht im Porsche-Museum). Das abgebildete Jurinek-Cabrio ist das erste kommerziell gebaute, nach zwei Prototypen, welches Jurinek auf Kundenwunsch erstellt hat. Der auftraggebende Kunde war ein Schweizer. Bei mir sind noch die Kopien von Umbauvertrag und Rechnung vorhanden. Das Fahrzeug ist als „Veteran“ in der Schweiz zugelassen. Jurinek hat nach eigenen Angaben ca 14 Exemplare dieses Cabrios gebaut. Die Mehrzahl in Verbindung mit von Vittorio Strossek verbreiterten Karosserien. Das abgebildete grüne Cabrio ist eines der wenigen auf der Basis der ursprünglichen Karosserie. Derinsueden (talk) 12:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Derinsueden: @Pittigrilli hat den Beschreibungstext ergänzt. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 13:24, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Derinsueden: Nachdem ich den Text auf Commons modifiziert habe - gibt es an der Bildunterschrift in dem deutschen Wikipedia-Artikel etwas zu verändern? Ich werde vielleicht noch den ams-Artikel-Link in den de-Artikel dazusetzen. Wenn ich das richtig sehe, ist Ihr Auto die "normalbreite" Version, und nicht die mit Karosserieverbreiterung? Pittigrilli (talk) 14:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

CoA local government

Buenas administradores una pregunta Alcaldías y Concejos Municipales (general) pertenece a la "CoA of local government"?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 19:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Anyone know what this plant is?

I'd like to properly name this file, anyone know what this might be?

Vghfr (talk) 02:46, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Vghfr, if you don't get a good reply here, you can try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:Cercis siliquastrum Wouter (talk) 13:06, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks! Vghfr (talk) 13:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

OVERCAT

I cannot help it if someone violates COM:OVERCAT and continues to do so after warning. What should we do in that case?--125.230.88.23 06:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

If a user is being uncollaborative and breaking a policy or guideline here, you can report it at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard, but pleaes do try to resolve it one-on-one first. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:43, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "resolve"? Based on past experience, i usually make things worse when i explain what is wrong with their edits. Also, if i reverted an edit, the result will be an edit war. Chinese is their native language and so is my native language, so I'm sure that this is not a communication problem caused by language differences.--125.230.88.23 08:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

If you two can't discuss what the problem is and come to a consensus and that editor does try to insist on edit-warring, then go to the administrator's noticeboard. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:16, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of file in Wikimaps Warper

I uploaded a version of this map file yesterday: File:Admiralty Chart No 3992 Hai-nan Tao to Hong Kong, Published 1961.jpg. I started to georeference it iin the warper, but discovered the file had been garbled by the stitcher. I requested speedy deletion so I could astart again. I've uploaded a good version of the file, but when I try to georeference, the warper still has the old, corrupt file. How do I delete the old file from Wikimaps Warper? Thanks. Kognos (talk) 11:51, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

It looks like your original upload has been deleted. Is there still a problem? - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Audio file from OUDB Northern Mansi Corpus

This audio file that I wish to upload to commons, is in mp3 format. Sadly the file does not contain any information from the person being recorded only the recorder.[5] And there is no clear statement of the usage of this file, regarding copyright. What should I do? Ewithu (talk) 13:46, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

By default, pretty much anything from recent decades is copyrighted, so lack of an explicit statement to the contrary means that it is copyrighted with all rights reserved. - Jmabel ! talk 00:44, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Images reversed, switch them or reupload?

Hi all,

Through a mislabel I swapped the uploads File:Meibergdreefmetrobrug.jpg and File:Pietersbergweg.jpg. They're exactly swapped around, the first should be the latter and the latter the first. Is there an easy way to swap them or should I nominate both for deletion and reupload? Floralinde (talk) 14:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Just upload correct versions of each image to the same pages. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Floralinde: and then you can ask for a revdel on the "wrong" ones if you think their presence in the history is confusing. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Cross-wiki uploads from certain project

Is it possible to get a list of files uploaded with Cross-wiki media upload tool from a certain project, e.g. fi.wikipedia.org? Antti T. Leppänen (talk) 17:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Antti T. Leppänen: I expect there's a better approach, but here's a grotty SQL query that returns the last 1000 uploads by that route: quarry:query/80090. You can fork it and adjust the limit as you see fit. --bjh21 (talk) 20:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Antti T. Leppänen (talk) 16:58, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Can a user help in explaining SVG/raster formatting in another language (Russian)?

Greetings. I'm not really sure where else to ask for this situation. I require the assistance of a user fluent in the Russian language to help explain to Alterbulat the issues with uploading a raster image over a vector file; in this case File:Standard of the President of the Chechen Republic.svg. As you can see in the file history, the raster version is distorted and non-scaleable. They have expressed a desire for this to be explained in another language on my talk page, and based on their previous edit summaries I believe Russian is the best option. Thanks. Fry1989 ^eh? 21:41, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Fry1989: there's a pretty good explanation in the box right at the top of ru:Векторная графика. - Jmabel ! talk 00:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I tried looking around, didn't think of checking the Russian wiki (which is stupid of me in retrospective), but that helps. Fry1989 ^eh? 14:51, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Changing License on many files

Is it possible to automatically change the license on multiple files at the same time Bigguy637 (talk) 23:42, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

• @Bigguy637: You can add an alternate license, but generally you can't revoke a license you've already granted.
• Assuming you used reasonably normal ways to place the license on the files in the first place (direct use of a license template in the wikitext, as against (for example) SDC + tricky templating) you should be able to do this with VFC. There's a bit of a learning curve on the tool, but it's powerful. For example, you could use it to replace {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} with {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0|cc-by-sa-4.0}} on a selected set of files. - Jmabel ! talk 00:52, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

I use the VFC often to update or standardize PD licenses, adding missing PD licenses and adding FoP notices. Great tool. Was also told about it by Jmabel a few months ago. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:07, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Blaisantkerk - new page

I tried for the first time to create a new page 'Blaisantkerk'. I am the president of the non profit organisation DOIC vzw, who is the owner of the multifunctional building 'Blaisantkerk'. I prepared a text in word that i copied. The text was posted yesterday - but now removed. The explanation that i got from Wikipedia:

Wikipedia is bedoeld als een vrij beschikbare, vrij bewerkbare en neutrale encyclopedie voor iedereen. Hoewel iedereen van harte is uitgenodigd om Wikipedia te bewerken, vond een medewerker aan de encyclopedie een of meer van uw bewerkingen niet constructief. Deze bewerking(en) is/zijn daarom teruggedraaid of verwijderd.

In short: my input was not 'constructive'. What does that mean? The text was just the history of the building and the new facility. Who could help me? What do I need to change?

Thanks in advance.

Michel Alboort Alboort michel (talk) 08:08, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

So this is Wikimedia Commons: it is a sister project to Wikipedia that is about storing media (audio, images, video, etc.). If you have an issue on Wikipedia, you'll have to discuss it with editors there. Everyone who has an account at Wikipedia has an account at Commons, but they are just separate projects. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Alboort michel: If you were writing in Dutch, then perhaps start by looking at this Dutch webpage. Most wikipedia language sites have their own requirements but for instance the English wikipedia has a Draft section where people can write articles which will then be reviewed for notablity and complying with the standards for an acceptable article. Wikipedia is not a promotional site and it is highly discouraged to write about subjects you have any type involvement with due to a conflict of interest. Ww2censor (talk) 11:33, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@Alboort michel: Hi, and welcome. In addition to the above, nl:Blaisantkerk has twice been deleted for infringement of copyright of the website blaisantkerk.be - please post permission there or have it sent from that site via VRT or VRT/nl.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:48, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@Alboort michel: Clarifying where Jeff wrote "please post permission there," he means that http://blaisantkerk.be/ could indicate a CC-BY-SA 4.0 (or more generous) license for all or part of its content; then there would be no copyright problem using that content on Wikipedia. However, there still might be an issue of conflict of interest. You should almost certainly read nl:Wikipedia:Zelfpromotie. - Jmabel ! talk 20:22, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Is that not sufficiently covered by "If it's your own website, please follow Creative Commons' instructions to adopt the free culture license of your choice" under "The image was first published on my website, or on my own space of a shared website." at VRT#When contacting VRT is unnecessary?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 12:20, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: "there" was ambiguous, could either have meant [:nl:Blaisantkerk]] or http://blaisantkerk.be/. - Jmabel ! talk 19:48, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Welches Land?

Darf ich ausschließlich Bilder der Kultur meines eigenen Landes einreichen oder auch von Ländern, denen ich nicht angehöre? Ida Ltnr (talk) 18:00, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Du darfst Bilder von allen Ländern einreichen/uploaden solange sie entweder gemeinfrei sind, du ihr Autor bist oder du die Erlaubnis des Autors erhalten hast (so einer Erlaubnis musst du dann dem VRT team zukommen lassen). Was alles Gemeinfrei ist, und was es das wird, da sind die Gesetze aber von Land zu Land verschieden. Hier die Verschiedenen Länderspezifischen Gesetze. Und hier noch das Tutorial vom Upload Wizard (Auf Englisch). Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Ich glaube es geht hier um Wiki loves Folklore? Bilder gehören in die jeweilige Landeskategorie des Wettbewerbs und natürlich ist es notwendig zum Fotografieren in dem Land gewesen zu sein, aber mehr auch nicht. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 22:29, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Rejected submission

I have two certificates to support information on Pilot Peter Lee Foster. May I submit those as proof? Stephen Vest (talk) 18:11, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

As long as the certificates are in the Public Domain or you have the permission by the author of the certificates, yes. If you have the permission of the author of the certificates, you may sent this to the VRT team.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:26, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

They were provided to me by Mr. Foster. They don't need to appear, but they document the records. Stephen Vest (talk) 19:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

If you are just talking about citing them in a Wikipedia article, there is no need that they be online, just correctly cited. And, actually unlike what Paradise Chronicle said, you should not forward VRT a permission someone sent to you (if you are going that route at all). The copyright-holder needs to be in direct contact with VRT, though its fine if you are cc'd; you can even start the correspondence, cc'ing both, but the copyright-holder would need to respond on that thread and explicitly agree to grant the relevant permission. - Jmabel ! talk 20:26, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification, Jmabel.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 21:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@Stephen Vest, are you attempting to create an article about a person on the English Wikipedia? Do you wish to submit certificates as "proof" of information in that biography? At Wikimedia Commons, we are not concerned about what facts may be supported by the content of those certificates. Commons is only concerned about whether you have ownership, license, or permission to upload the files that you wish to upload. Elizium23 (talk) 20:44, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

how to upload my own photo?

I´m trying to create a page for me with proessional purposes. @ Brunogp89 (talk) 22:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@Brunogp89: assuming you mean a page on the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki), please don't do that. Writing about yourself for professional purposes on en-wiki is one of the quickest ways to have your account blocked there. See their guidance on conflicts of interest.

Similarly, normally there are only two reasons why a picture of yourself would belong on Commons. (1) If you are participating in a significant way in one or more WMF projects, you are welcome to upload a small number of personal photos to use on your user pages on the projects (e.g. at User:Brunogp89 and its equivalent on other projects). (2) If you are notable for some reason such that a photo of you would be in scope, then it is OK that you are the uploader. E.g. if there is a Wikipedia article about you, or you are a major league athlete, or an elected official, or an author of books published by a reasonably established press, or are a professor at a university, etc., then your photo would be welcome. Unlike en-wiki, we don't have a rule against adding it yourself.

However, even in that last case, to be hosted on Commons, the photo needs either to be in the public domain or to have a free license issued by the holder of the copyright. There are very few ways that a photo of a living person ends up in the public domain, especially anything taken after the late 1980s, so it is nearly always a matter of a license. Only the copyright-holder can grant a license and that usually means the photographer, not the subject of the photo (selfies are OK in this respect, since you are your own photographer). If you want to upload a photo taken by someone else, and that is not already published with a free license that you can reference as a source, you almost certainly need to go through the process outlined at COM:VRT, either to have the photographer indicate that they are offering a license, or for you to prove that the copyright was transferred from the photographer to you. - Jmabel ! talk 02:44, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Artikel gelöscht

Mein Artikel wurde gelöscht, ich weiß aber nicht genau wieso. Kann ich hier ggf. Unterstützung erhalten? Vielen Dank. Juliagerlach (talk) 11:00, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Commons ist nicht der korrekte Ort für Artikel. Dein Artikel wurde in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia zurück in den Benutzernamensraum verschoben, de:Benutzer:Juliagerlach/Hubert Post - Entwurf. Artikel müssen aureichend belegt und in ganzen Sätzen formuliert werden. Zudem sind alle Bilder als problematisch gekennzeichnet worden. Magnus (talk) 11:15, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Nein, das kannst Du hier nicht. Dein Artikel befindet sich nämlich nicht hier auf commons.wikimedia.org sondern auf de.wikipedia.org - also auf der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia. Der Artikel wurde dort auch garnicht gelöscht, sondern zuerst auf den korrekten Namen verschoben und dann in Deinen Benutzernamensraum, damit er nicht gelöscht wird, solange er unfertig ist. Im Artikelnamensraum würde er nämlich gelöscht werden. Und falls das geschieht kannst Du Hilfe auch nur auf der deutschssprachigen Wikipedia bekommen. Aber zunächst wird das nicht geschehen, du kannst den Artikel vervollständigen.

Aber hier auf Commons hast Du Löschanträge für Deine Uploads bekommen, darum musst Du Dich kümmern, das ist das dringendere Problem. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 11:20, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Privately commissioned drawing

Hi. Prior to the Cuban Communist revolution, a neighborhood association in Cuba commissioned a drawing from a well known Cuban Cartoonist to commemorate a resident's contributions to the Boy Scouts of Cuba. This "cartoon" is on the cover of the Association's monthly bulletin. I have checked to U.S. Copyright office for the artist's works, and the above privately commissioned work does not appear. When the Communist government assumed power in Cuba, it eliminated individual property rights, so everything would be public domain in that country. The cartoonist passed away in 1965. Can I assume that this work is in the public domain and upload it to the Wikipedia page of the person in whose honor it was created? The individual is no longer alive. Flightbook (talk) 23:34, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Cuba does have copyright and is a part of the Berne Convention; see {{PD-Cuba}}. It's free in Cuba, as life+50 means it left copyright in 2016. However, it's copyrighted in the US for 95 years from when it was published, or put up on the wall.--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:41, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for your guidance. The cartoonist copyrighted some works that I was able to find in the U.S. Copyright website for works he did for some magazines, but this private caricature was not included. How can I upload this to Wiki if the author is no longer living, It is no longer copyright in Cuba, and the Association that paid for the work was dissolved 50+ years ago? Do you have any suggestions? Thank you. Flightbook (talk) 00:05, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

@Flightbook: Prosfilaes didn't spell out the reasoning, but he is correct that it is copyrighted in the U.S. for 95 years from when it was first published. That is because it was still copyrighted in Cuba in 1996, and the URAA copyright restoration therefore treats it as if it had been registered for copyright in the U.S. - Jmabel ! talk 01:34, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Jmabel. Let me ask a few additional questions since you've been kind enough to educate me... 1) How does one know that the sketch was copyrighted in Cuba? Is a filing with the government required for a copyright? There is no copyright marking on the document... 2) If the sketch was paid for (or commissioned) by an entity, doesn't the entity own the rights to it? 3) If the answers to the former are that the document is still copyrighted in the U.S. regardless, can a living heir of the cartoonist grant permission for its use? (assuming that person can be found...) Thanks for the education! Flightbook (talk) 02:09, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

1) Cuba (unlike the U.S.) was already under the Berne Convention, so copyright was automatic upon creation. 2) No, paying someone to do artwork does not normally transfer copyright. It's pretty unlikely anyone would have given it a moment's thought, so copyright would almost certainly have remained with the artist. 3) Yes, if someone is clearly the heir to the artist's intellectual property rights, they could grant a license. - Jmabel ! talk 06:17, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I will see if it is possible to track down a heir based on the information present in the US Patent Office database. I believe there may be periodic fees that have to be paid, so presumably someone is paying those. And the someone may be the heirs.... Flightbook (talk) 17:02, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Updating a logo

I work for a college and would like to update our wikipedia page which has an outdated logo. I attempted to upload our current logo but was denied by Wikipedia. I believe the update was denied because Wikipedia detected it was a copyrighted image. What is the proper procedure for updating the college logo, which is copyrighted? GFC Otter (talk) 23:49, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@GFC Otter: It wouldn't exactly be "because it was a copyrighted image" but it would likely be because you tried a cross-wiki upload of a small file, and when relatively new users try to do that it is usually a copyright violation, so we set up a filter so they will come ask, like you just did. You don't say what college and you don't link to the new logo, but unless it is so simple as not to be eligible for copyright, anything "new" is almost certainly copyrighted and should not be on Commons unless the copyright-holder (which could be the designer or the college, depending on the agreement between the two) provides a free license, which typically won't happen in cases like this.

Instead, and assuming we are talking about the English-language Wikipedia (you didn't say, but I'm guessing) you should use their approach for handling non-free content, which is entirely internal to the English-language Wikipedia and does not involve Commons. See en:Politehnica University of Bucharest and en:File:Universitatea Politehnica Bucuresti logo.png for a good example of doing this correctly. - Jmabel ! talk 01:43, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

@GFC Otter: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg logo as a new user, and ​ another filter.. The logo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to post COM:L compliant permission for such works on your website or social media presence or send permission via VRT. Also, any raster image will look jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg version, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the logo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid filter 153.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 02:37, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Copyright unknown

I want to upload the three images of Koji Kobayashi from the following sites:

• https://ethw.org/Koji_Kobayashi
• https://www.eaj.or.jp/?staff=chairman01-en
• https://douzou.fortunastella.com/2020/12/19/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%AE%8F%E6%B2%BB%EF%BC%88%E5%A4%A7%E6%9C%88%E5%B8%82%EF%BC%89/

I have tried reverse image search but cannot find the origins. How can I determine if they are free to use? BinaryBrainBug (talk) 12:31, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

@BinaryBrainBug: more-or-less contemporary photos are almost never free enough for Commons, unless someone has specifically issued a free license, which does not appear to be the case here. But other than that: since the U.S. dropped its requirement for a copyright notice in 1989, there is no significant country in the world where photographs aren't generally copyrighted at creation. There are a handful of exceptions. Some governments, notably the U.S. federal government and a few U.S. states, place work by their employees (but usually not their contractors) immediately immediately in the public domain. Some other governments waive copyright for national symbols, protecting them by non-copyright means. No reason to think something like that would apply here. - Jmabel ! talk 16:30, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Need " youtube "

আমার ইউটিউব নেই । — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:4490:880:D834:0:0:0:1 (talk) 16:27, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

• I'm sorry you don't "have YouTube" (kind of weird: it's a website, https://www.youtube.com/) but there is nothing Commons can do to help if that link doesn't work for you. - Jmabel ! talk 16:32, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Country contacts on Commons for questions about files for a specific country

I sometimes have questions about where a specific location is within a country or the name of a government official in a photo.

Is there a list of helpful volunteers, by country, that will help answer country specific questions about Commons files?

If there is no list, where would be the best placed to go for country specific questions about Commons files? Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 18:34, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

I would initially go to the help desk or village pump of the country in question and use Google Translate. Wouter (talk) 19:46, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: A good place is probably the talk page of that country's specific project on the Wikipedia in a language of that country. Or, if you don't speak that language, then the talk page of that country's specific project on the Wikipedia of a language you speak. For examples, see en:Category:WikiProject Countries projects. If there is not an active project for that country, you can try at places like en:Wikipedia:Reference desk. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:47, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Asclepias and @Wouterhagens, I will follow both of your suggestions for any future country-specific questions. Thank you for your help. -- Ooligan (talk) 20:16, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: For specific languages, rather than countries, you can also seek out the language equivalent of en:WP:EMB.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 22:20, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G., thank you for another solution. The "Local Embassy" link you provided is great. I assume there is not an equivalent page on Commons. If not, what is the process to create a page and list of languages/ "Embassies" on Commons? It could be helpful. -- Ooligan (talk) 22:52, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: You're welcome. There is a list of languages here at COM:BBL.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 23:02, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Upload foto on wikipedia

Uplis RedepaoliniPoelman (talk) 20:59, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@RedepaoliniPoelman: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/142 by trying to use a mobile browser as a new user to add text which has been used before by mobile vandals. Please don't do that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 22:13, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Help reverting deletions by another User on my talk page.

I want to archive my talk page, However, before I place an archive bot on it, I first want to restore my talk page to the original version. Another User removed contents from my talk page on several occasions without my knowledge. I cannot "undo" these deletions to my talk page, but I can provide the "Difference between revisions" links that need reverting. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 21:29, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: I didn't see any of the described deletions that weren't reversed or deserved, but feel free to link them here or on my user talk page.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 22:07, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G., here are the deletions to my talk page that I would like to be restored/reverted. Thanks for your help.

1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ooligan&diff=714236450&oldid=714236392&title=User_talk%3AOoligan&diffonly=1

2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ooligan&diff=714236450&oldid=714236392&title=User_talk%3AOoligan&diffonly=1

3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ooligan&diff=733884811&oldid=733878233&title=User_talk%3AOoligan&diffonly=1 --Ooligan (talk) 23:42, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: I restored 1 and 3; 2 was the same as 1.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 01:08, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G., Sorry about that duplicate. Here is the #2 I should have posted: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOoligan&diff=734055581&oldid=733961691 and here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOoligan&diff=705076473&oldid=705076415 is the last one I have found. After your restorations, I will set up my archive bot. Thank you again. -- Ooligan (talk) 02:35, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: All done. You're welcome. To quickly use a standard setup for ArchiverBot, simply place {{subst:User:Jeff G./usertalksetup}} at the top of your user talk page.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 04:03, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done. I wanted to archive after one year, so I changed "algo = old(31d)" to "algo = old(365d)" -will that work to archive items older than 1 year? -- Ooligan (talk) 04:41, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ooligan: Yes. The parameters are explained at en:User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 05:17, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Mp4

Can i upload a video? If yes which format is accepted? Shisasai (talk) 04:29, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

webm is the accepted video format. Preferably with AV1 or VP9 encoding. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 07:23, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@Shisasai: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:VIDEO, COM:Mp4, and Commons:Requests for comment/Technical needs survey/Confirm mp4 for 2028.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:40, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

How do I submit a biographical entry to Wikepedia

How do I write a Bio of someone? Is there a template that I can use? I would appreciate your advice Simon Roth SRoth59 (talk) 13:01, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@SRoth59: Hi, and welcome. Please read en:WP:BIO and en:WP:MFA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Jeff SRoth59 (talk) 13:42, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@SRoth59: You're welcome. You forgot to ping me.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:45, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

help me any one

ELSAI ESAYAS help me any one — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 197.156.122.209 (talk) 13:14, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Stop using open proxies.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:28, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Why am I not able to upload an historic portrait (photo from 1926) of my great grandfather?

My great grandfather was a leading doctor of an historic clinic in the center of germany. Why am I not allowed to upload his portrait from 1926? He already died 1940. Isn't his portrait of public interest in that article? Böhmler Nachlass (talk) 20:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@Böhmler Nachlass: Quite likely you are able to upload it. You don't say who or what prevented you, which makes this a bit difficult to address. If it was an attempt at a cross-wiki upload there are a lot of filters on that; please use Special:UploadWizard here on Commons.

The only likely issue would be: who took the photo? If it was someone who was still alive in 1954, and you are not heir to their intellectual property, then their heirs—not the heirs of the subject of the photo—would own the copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 22:47, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel OK, thanks, I think it was a cross-wiki upload. I'll try again. The photographer is unkown as far as I know. Böhmler Nachlass (talk) 00:16, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Böhmler Nachlass: if the author is genuinely unknown, and the work was never published, then {{PD-anon-70-EU}} should cover the German side, so you can definitely upload this locally to the German language Wikipedia. However, Commons needs the picture to be also valid under U.S. copyright, and if you don't know the author and it was never published, it has 120 years of U.S. protection, so it can't be published in Commons until 2047. If you could establish who took the photo, then Commons could accept it 70 years after their death. If you could establish that you are the heir to the intellectual property of the person who photographed it, then you would be able to offer a license to cover the U.S. side, and could upload it to Commons at any time. - Jmabel ! talk 00:26, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Böhmler Nachlass: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photos as a new user. Such uploads of png photos are not allowed at all. The following applies to each photo. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg photo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media or send permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload svg or jpg versions, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English or German Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F or de:Bilder, deren Urheber nicht bekannt ist because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 00:55, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Upload Photo That Is Not My Own

I would like to upload the photo of a local city council member. Am I able to do that if it is not my own photo? Flpubliclibrarian (talk) 02:56, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Flpubliclibrarian: Typically, no. Is there some reason to believe that this particular photo would be either free-licensed or in the public domain? Commons accepts only images that fall into one of those two categories, both in their home country and in the United States. - Jmabel ! talk 03:47, 6 February 2024 (UTC)